Security & Virus Protection

Just as you would take precautions to lock your office or residence hall room, you need to make sure your computer is secure against intrusions and malicious programming. To assist with this, ITS offers the following products and information:

General

• Basic security tips that are good to follow, no matter what kind of computer or operating system you are using.
• Security Checklist, available in both a long and an abbreviated form to help you be sure that your Macintosh or Windows computer is secure.
• Resnet can assist students with securing their computers while they are connected to the RIT campus network.
• RIT Information Security Web site can provide more information about security, particularly for faculty and staff.

Microsoft Windows

• Anti-virus Software
  Note: You must remove other Windows anti-virus software from your computer before installing the software RIT provides.
• Personal Firewall and Host/Network Intrusion Protection
• Spyware Monitoring and Removal Software
• For system administrators, we have utilities to manage McAfee security software

Apple Macintosh

• Anti-virus software for Mac OS classic and Mac OS X is available
• Mac OS X security audit
• Instructions on how to enable and set up the built-in Mac OS X firewall software are forthcoming.

Downloads

• Download Anti-Virus Software
• Download Anti-Spyware Software

Additional Information

• Apple Products Security Web Site
• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
• Official Microsoft Windows Update service (Microsoft Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows required)